Microsoft removes the version still included for compatibility for good. It has long been considered obsolete.

Network administrators have used scripting since long before Windows or even DOS came on the scene. UNIX administrators, for instance, have been using shell scripting and its powerful capabilities ...

Windows Terminal changes that by letting you run multiple tabs in a single, streamlined window—whether you're toggling between PowerShell scripts or a Linux shell.

This can be disabled for those who wish to continue to boot Windows 8 to the Start Screen. To add a Start Menu to Windows 8, go to the following web site and download the Classic Shell program.

To launch an elevated PowerShell prompt, click on the 'Windows PowerShell (Admin)' option. Windows 10 will now display a UAC prompt asking if you want to give the program elevated permissions.

Programming languages: PowerShell nets more Linux, MacOS, Windows developers Microsoft's PowerShell open-sourced scripting language is striking a chord with more developers.

Administrative Automation So, if Windows PowerShell isn't a scripting language, then what is it? I submit that Windows PowerShell 2.0 is a text-based administrative automation solution.

Windows 10 keeps a collection of shortcuts to system and user folders that are available to any program that knows how to specify the shell name of that folder.